Yvette Cooper made shadow home secretary in comprehensive Labour shadow cabinet reshuffle Labour reshuffle Yvette Cooper has returned to frontline Westminster politics, after being appointed shadow home secretary in Labour’s comprehensive shadow cabinet reshuffle today. Cooper, a former rising star under Gordon Brown and husband to Labour heavyweight Ed Balls, formerly served as shadow home secretary between 2011 and 2015. Sir Keir Starmer’s reshuffle also saw David Lammy promoted [...]
Treasury minister warns crypto regulation now ‘more complicated and difficult’ crypto Regulating cryptocurrency and stopping fraud is becoming increasingly “complicated and difficult”, according to Treasury minister John Glen. Glen told Westminster’s Treasury Select Committee today that there needed to be a “level playing field” on regulation between cryptocurrency traders and the wider financial services industry in the wake of crypto’s increasing popularity. There is mounting evidence [...]
Two new cases of Omicron coronavirus variant confirmed in London LONDON UPDATE Two more cases of the Omicron variant have been discovered in the capital, as England prepares to tighten Covid rules tomorrow. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the two cases have links to travel in southern Africa. The pair are not connected to each other and are not linked to the previously confirmed cases, [...]
Westminster standards watchdog calls for ban on MPs working as paid consultants November 29, 2021 MPs should be banned from working as paid political consultants and ministers should need to more clearly record potential conflicts of interest, according to parliament’s internal standards watchdog. A new proposal from the House of Commons’ Committee on Standards also calls for MPs to have written contracts for any outside work that says they cannot [...]
George Osborne calls for Sadiq Khan to have more powers over TfL November 29, 2021 Sadiq Khan should be given more powers by central government to run Transport for London (TfL), former chancellor George Osborne has said. Osborne yesterday said the government should stop “trying to micromanage how [Khan] runs TfL” and “let him take responsibility”. Khan and the Department for Transport are currently locked in negotiations over a fresh [...]
Labour calls for overhaul of system regulating ministers’ conduct November 29, 2021 Labour has called for an overhaul of the current system, with a new body to better regulate the conduct of ministers, amid the fallout from the Owen Paterson scandal. In a speech later today the deputy leader of the Labour Party, Angela Rayner, is expected to outline proposals for a new organisation to enforce rules [...]
German euthanasia clinics will not assist the unvaccinated November 29, 2021 The German Euthanasia Association has announced it will not assist unvaccinated patients with ending their lives over staff safety concerns.
Boris and the blue wall: Can the PM hold the Tories’ new electoral coalition together? November 29, 2021 The story of Boris Johnson’s 2019 General Election landslide was the political realignment that saw swathes of traditional Labour areas turn blue across the North and the Midlands. However, Johnson’s electoral offering and tilt toward the so-called Red Wall may have had unintended consequences on the UK’s political geography. The Conservatives under Boris Johnson are [...]
Mel Stride MP urges chancellor to slash taxes to ease cost of living crisis November 29, 2021 The chairman of an influential group of MPs that scrutinises the spending plans of the government has told Tory chancellor Rishi Sunak to slash taxes to ease the cost of living crisis looming over Brits. Speaking to the PA news agency, Conservative MP Mel Stride, who chairs the Treasury Committee, called on the chancellor to [...]
Omicron: How Europe is reacting November 29, 2021 With news of a new, potentially worse strain of Covid-19 – known as Omicron – countries in Europe have been quick to shutter restrictions in a bid to limit its spread. The UK has told incoming travellers that they must take a PCR test on the second day of arrival and must quarantine until they [...]